Naming parts of the body
Biology · Key Stage 1 · The School
The main parts
Head, neck, shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, hands and fingers. Chest, tummy, back, hips, legs, knees, ankles, feet and toes. Naming them properly is worth doing early, because "it hurts here" is much less useful to a doctor than "my elbow hurts".
Senses and their parts
Each sense belongs to a part of the body. You SEE with your eyes, HEAR with your ears, SMELL with your nose, TASTE with your tongue, and FEEL with your skin — all over, not just your fingers. Five senses, five body parts, and together they tell you everything about the world around you.
Why exact names help
If you say "my leg hurts", that could mean your thigh, your knee, your shin or your ankle. Saying exactly which part means the right help arrives faster. Doctors and nurses use the same names everywhere, which is why learning them is useful outside school as well as in it.
A child says "my leg hurts". A leg contains a femur, a patella, a tibia and a fibula, plus muscles, tendons and a knee joint. "My knee hurts when I bend it" points at a joint. "It hurts halfway down the front of my shin" points at the tibia. Each of those leads a doctor somewhere different. Being able to name the part is how you get the right help faster.